Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-03-16
NEWS In BRIEF.

300 divorces in one day.
An unsteady man, like an unsteady
light, is apt to go out nights.
The colleges of this country con-
tain Is, 900 female students.
"A SplnIard has turned the whole
Bible into poetry 260, 900 stanzas.
Newspapers published In Dakota
average one for every 1200 population.
California reports production OF
nearly s25, Geo, 900 worth OF candy last
year.
The president of the Fat Mems
association, OF Jersey City, weighs 416
pounds.
"A Greenwood, 5. C., farmer claims
to have struck gold mine on his plan
tatIon.
Ten cents is the price set on the
head of the crow found in the State Of
Maine.
1t was in the ninth century that a
navy was organized by Alfred the
Great.
The three most brilliant centuries
OF Egyptian history were from 800 to
1900 i. c.
Prof. Hughe says a silk ribbon Is
a better lightning conductor than a
metallic rod.
The heart of citizen of Concordia,
Kan, is reported to be clear over on
the left side.
England derives its name from the
Angles, Teutonic people who Won a
home in Britain.
La Porte, Ind. has toboggan
s. de l,6JO feet long, SAID to be the long
est enc in the west.
-Twenty-seven hundred Japanese
are stated to have emigrated to the
Hawaiian Islands.
-Montezuma, Kan, offers to deed a
town lot 10 the first couple that will
marry in their town.
Cougars have made their appear
ance IN large numbers lately in the
Blue mountains OF Oregon.
"A farmer in Delaware county, y.
l., has pork barrel that has been in
constant use for 160 years.
Farmer Bates OF Hand county, D.
T., has started al order to be known
as the Knights of Agriculture.
-FreemaSOns throughout the United
States rejoice TO know that the great
Liszt was member OF the craft.
"A Newark, y. J., woman has been
pesterlng the police authorities for an
appointment on the detective force.
The water works company of Santa
I TX cot -,
on the land surrounding the reservoir.
Denver, COL, is stated TO be the
highest State capital in the Union. Its
elevation is 5lT5 feet above the sea
level.
1t IS claimed that San Diego county,
Cal, is raising raislns that can compete
successfully with thoSs produced in
Spain. -
The citizens of Oswege, Kan,
raised 5000 in half day for the pur-
pose of sinking a shaft in search of gas
and coal.
Steam pipes. by local ordinance,
must be kept at a distance Of three
lnches from any woodwork IN San
Francisco.
No rains have fallen IN Crawford
county, Kansas, for sixteen months, it
Is stated, and water sells there for 40
cents q barrel.
The beggars of Rome, it IS esti-
mated, receive S2,00O,OOO a year, and
500 are sad to be worth from $4,000
10 So, 600 each.
France boasts of the Oldest old
maid in the world. She is 100 years
Old and lives at Auch. Her name Is
Nile. Benolte.
-Artcsian wells are being bored by
the city OF Savannah, Ga, for the pur-
pose OF obtaining the water supply for
the entire city.
intellectual Boston ehews more
spruce gum than any other city in the
country, but intellectual Chicago comes
next on the list. -
New York boys have the Buffalo
Bill craze, and are practicing lasso
throwing with disastrous effects in
some instances. -
There are 800 people in the neigh
borhoOd OF Bennington, VT, engaged
In gathering spruce gum for three deal
ers in that place. -
"A merchant at San Diego, Cal,
received an order from an in
terror village for Bible, bowie knife
and pack OF cards.
Among the dishes at a rOyal BAN
Iuet in England was wild duck with
orange sauce" " which is something new
IN the gustatOry line,
There is said to be a tree in New
dulnea which, when touched, knocks a
man down, and It'd Bits thinks it must
be a species of lockwood.
The Prefecs of the Seine allows 500
axeursionists a day to visit the sewers
md eatac0mbS IN aid of the sufferers
.'om the tlnnds iu the south of Franco
1t Is believed that the discovery
hat large steamers can go up the Bay
II Funday viii produce a revolution in
he shipment of apples from Nova
Scotia.
"A Japanese has invented a method
IL weaving carpets with feathers. The
Gathers are reduced TO a silky state by
he use of chemicals and then woven
Ike ordinary cotton.
An irascible man in TaIlapoosa. or
Eho used to be that way, says that he
''swore Off getting mad ff-
cen years ago, and has not been angry
'r yexed since. He declares it is simply
! matter of habit ard will.
Coal IN New York, ''can be pur-
chased for family use at $3.50, Sc and
q a ton, but hotels and factories, that
ire compelled to get coal or close their
loors, pay as high as $40 ton"
The slaughter of Holsters at Prince
Edward Island is something astound-
ng. There were exported the past
eason d, ,0G0 cases, mostly to Europe,
which involved the killing Of 30, co.,
lC0 Holsters.
The very best way to prevent scale
n steam boiler IS to use a feed-water
leater that will deposit scale by raising
he temperature of the water in the
Ieater high enough to llberate the solu-
lie matter before the water gets into the
'Oiler. Nobody ever heard Of ''bagged